Shoe Bones will open its doors at 28 Boston St. in Salem on Feb. 11 with the goal of providing an space for outsider, queer and nontraditional artists to showcase their paintings, sculptures and other art.
Over the course of her career as an artist Frankie Symonds has delved into filmmaking, painting and mixed media. She’s also an avid collector, having amassed a decade’s worth of art. In her experience as an artist living in Boston, she found that the city lacks spaces for people to showcase weird, unconventional and boundary-pushing art.
Outsider artists are artists who create work without having formal art training, or outside of conventional art practices. Journalist Roger Cardinal wrote a book titled “Outsider Art” in 1972, introducing the term to describe art that has an unfiltered, even unrefined quality. “The type of art I tend to make in my personal work is kind of just like scraping the most difficult confusing parts of myself. While I certainly think there's value in doing that, it proved to be extremely alienating, and not always great for my mental health,” she said.
Edson said they welcome a space like Shoe Bones where they can unapologetically show provocative art. “I knew I was queer when I was 13 years old and I had a very hard time relating to my peers. And I think for me, growing up in a conservative culture taught me to be ashamed of my sexuality. I want that to be a focus of my work. I want there to be no shame,” Edson said.
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